7 Most Common Phrasal Verbs with BACK back up back off back in...

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hi everybody my name is Alisha in this

lesson I’m going to talk about phrasal

verbs with back let’s get started okay

first I want to introduce a group of

four verbs that shares one common point

that is this these four verbs all have

the meaning of moving with the rear part

of something forward so if you imagine a

car the front and the back of a car like

the front side and the back side of a

person if you imagine all of these verbs

share the meaning of making a motion in

some direction of moving in some

direction however the rear part is the

part that is like the forward moving

part so we usually walk with this part

of our body moving forward but when we

move with the rear part forward it means

this direction so we’re moving back in a

backwards motion so these four verbs all

include that meaning I want to mention

that first these that we’ll talk about

later don’t include that meaning so

these four include that meaning plus

some preposition that tells us the

direction of that movement and the

relationship of that movement as well to

something else so with that in mind

let’s take a look at these four phrasal

verbs the first phrasal verb here is

back into back into so back into means

moving with the rear part forward yes so

this kind of motion plus moving into a

space so two back into something you’re

backing into an enclosed space so

imagine with a car a lot of these will

be very very useful for using with a car

so an example of this would be this one

he backed in to the parking space he

backed into the parking space so you

imagine with a car

backing in the rear part of the car

moves in to the parking space that means

the rear part of the car enters the

parking space first so we use the

phrasal verb to back in - you’ll notice

here - this is the past tense form

backed he backed in backed as the past

form of back so he backed in to the

parking space tells us that he moved

with the rear part of the car forward

into the parking space okay so now let’s

look at the opposite of this to back out

of something so since we have out here

we had in before this shows us this is

the the opposite direction then however

we don’t use back out - we use back out

of please be careful here back out of so

this means to move out of a space to

move out of a space so an example

sentence might be the question in this

case can you back out of the garage can

you back out of the garage so again this

means that the rear part of the car is

moving forward

however instead of going into a space

the motion is coming from a space so

we’re backing out of a space that means

from a position inside a room in this

case a garage the back of the car moves

first out of the garage so backing out

of something to back out of a garage or

to back out of a parking space as well

okay now let’s move along to the next

phrasal verb back on - back on - this is

quite different from back in or back out

to back on to means to move backwards on

top of something so again when you’re

driving a car for example you might use

the expression he backed on to the

sidewalk so this means the rear part of

the car moved first and as it moved it

moved on top of something else

so there’s movement and movement onto

another thing he backed on to the

sidewalk or he backed on to maybe a

bicycle for example so

movement backwards and on top of

something else so this might happen to

you when you’re using a car or another

vehicle so let’s move on to the next

phrasal verb which is backed away from

back away from is a phrasal verb you

might use more to talk about your body

the motion of your body than you would a

car so this means to move backwards in a

direction opposite to something else so

by this I mean there’s maybe another

person or there’s some thing that you

want to move away from and again the

rear part of your body moves first so if

you imagine it that that there’s

something like in front of you here in

front of the front part of your body and

you want to move away from it but you

maintain this direction with your body

we use the phrasal verb to back away

from to talk about doing that so in

example sentence they backed away from

the fire so you imagine there’s a fire

like you’re camping for example and you

move in this way you can say you backed

away from the fire so to back away from

might be something you use to talk about

your body more so than to talk about a

car perhaps but this means moving in an

opposite direction from something else

okay so let’s move along then to the

next three which do not belong to this

group relating to that kind of

rear-facing motion these are very

different actually let’s first begin

with this expression - back off - back

off so - back off

means to remove oneself from a situation

that’s one or to move away in fear so

this first one to remove yourself from a

situation this is often said in response

to a person who’s getting involved in a

situation you want that person to go

away from the situation so it’s commonly

used as a command like back off it means

go away or stop bothering me

maybe you’re working on a project for

example and someone tries to come share

opinions or criticize your work or

something you’re not ready you can say

back off I’m still working on this for

example so it’s used often to give a

command to someone actually we also use

this to express fear like if someone

threatens us or we’re afraid of

something and we want to kind of move

away from the situation we can use back

off as well let’s look at an example

here back off and let us deal with the

problem so this is related to criticism

like we don’t need you to be involved so

let us handle it that’s kind of the

feeling of back off like we don’t need

you please go away so to back off in

this way refers to leaving a situation

okay let’s move along to the next one

which is back down to back down from

something means to admit a mistake to

admit a mistake or it can mean like to

stop supporting something these are

actually kind of connected to stop

supporting something is like to stop

supporting an opinion kind of so when

you admit a mistake you stop supporting

that mistake is kind of the idea here so

an example of this could be my neighbor

won’t back down he accuses me of being

noisy so the neighbor in other words is

wrongly accusing the speaker of being

noisy

but the neighbor won’t back down that

means the neighbor refuses to admit a

mistake there were a few he refuses he

or she refuses to admit that there’s

something wrong refuses to stop

supporting the opinion so my neighbor

won’t back down he won’t stop in how

many words he continues to accuse me so

to back down is like yeah kind of

removing your support for something you

said or some behavior you had in the

past okay let’s move along then to the

last phrasal verb for this lesson which

is to back up to back up this is used

terms of to back up someone to back up

another person this means to support

someone verbally so verbally means with

your word to support someone verbally is

to back someone up so you can split this

to back someone up so an example of this

could be my colleagues backed me up when

I made a complaint so my colleagues

supported me when I made a complaint

I made the complaint and my colleagues

verbally or they shared some words to

support what I was saying in other words

so to back somewhat up means to support

them keep in mind this is very different

from to be a backup to be a backup means

to be a substitute for something it has

a very different meaning here so to be a

backup that’s something very different

from to back someone up so keep that in

mind and try to pay attention to the

situations where those two words are

used alright so those are hopefully a

few new ways that you can use the verb

back of course if you have any questions

or comments or want to try to make a

sentence or maybe you know a different

way of using the verb back please feel

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